TRAVEL A 200-MILE LOOP IN THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, by Rodney L. Glisan. Pacific Monthly. Description of the scenery there. AMIDST SNOW AND SWAMP IN CENTRAL AFRICA, by A. F. R. Wollaston. Wide World. Experiences in the neighborhood of Ruwenzori while in quest of natural history speci mens. A BRAZILIAN FOREST FROM A CAR WINDOW, by Lewis R. Freeman, Travel. What the traveler saw. THE CABIN, by Stewart Edward White. American. Personal experiences in the Si erras. CALIFORNIA—A WINTER PARADISE, by French Strother. Country Life in America. The most interesting points in the nation's great Western winter resort. A CANVAS BOAT ON THE DEAD SEA, by Professor Ellsworth Huntington of Yale. Harper's. The author headed the recent expedition to Palestine, and he gives a most interesting account, including a verification of the Bible story of Sodom and Gomorrah. CARAVAN LIFE ON THE SAHARA TODAY, by F. L. Harding. Travel. Interesting article on desert travel. CHINA'S FAR WEST, by Professor Ernest L. Burton. World Today. Notes of a journey from Ichang to Chengtu. CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN ON A WIRE ROPE, by Ivah Dunklee. World Today. This is the only railway of the kind in America, and extends from Silver Plume, Colorado, to the top of Sunrise Peak, an elevation of more than 14,000. FLORIDA, by Littell McClung. Progress. The Riviera of America. THE HOUSE OF THE SUN, by Jack London. Pacific Monthly. Description of a house and the country round about the island of Maui. How I FOUND ROOSEVELT, by E. M. Newman. World Today. Mr. Newman is a trayeler and lecturer; he found the ex-president in Africa and tells about it. A LOOK AT PANAMA, by Albert Edwards. Outlook (Jan. 1). A view of the Isthmus today. LOS ANGELES, by Harrison Gray Otis. Sunset. The city as it was and as it is. MADEIRA, by Charles Neville Buck. Travel. The beautiful islands and their people. MARKET PLACE OF OLD MEXICO, by Ada Brown Talbot. National Food Magazine. Description and the people round about. NORTHERN INVASION OF SOUTH IN WINTER, by Day Allen Willey. Uncle Remus's Home Magazine. The kinds of people who go South, the places they visit, and what they do. OLD LONDON, by Frederic C. Howe. Scribner's. The old city in word and picture. PEKING AND THE CHINESE OF TODAY, by CapTravel. tain Henry Rowan Lemly. The changes that have taken place in the city and the people. SENTIMENT VERSUS UTILITY, by LieutenantColonel H. M. Chittenden. Pacific Monthly. The treatment of national scenery. TRAMPING IN PALESTINE, by Harry A. Franck. Century. The country and the people as seen along the way. THE VANISHING PEOPLE OF THE LAND OF FIRE, by Charles W. Furlong. Harper's. About the treacherous tribes of Tierra del Fuego. WINTER VACATIONS IN DIXIE AND THE ANTILLES, by C. H. Claudy. Country Life in America. Following the swallow Southward -where to go and how to get there. A WOMAN IN THE HIMALAYAS, by Fannie Bullock Workman. Putnam's. First circuit of the Nun Kun Range and ascent of two virgin peaks. N BOOKS AND BOOK TALK EVER in the history of the world did authors receive such compensation for their productions as now. To be sure there are writers, even in these days of literary prosperity, who receive modest stipends indeed; but it must be remembered that they are just writers, not authors. The distinction may not be marked, but the difference is very great. An author has something to say plus name. A writer may or may not have something to say-probably not-but is wholly lacking in a name which will market the product of his labors. When we hear that Robert E. Peary is to receive $50,000 for the American rights of the story of his trip to the North Pole; that Roosevelt was paid a dollar a word for his African hunting stories; that Kipling got $25,000 for the English and American serial rights of "Kim"; that O. Henry gets as high as $1,000 for a single short story-when we hear all this, it is with a degree of sadness that we turn to other authors who wrote much better for much less. Those who make a practice of remembering such things say that the prices for literary composition began climbing upward about the time of the great success of Sir Walter Scott, the compensation for his "Life of Bonaparte" averaging $165 for each day of work spent upon it. Thackeray was offered $1,000 for "Henry Esmond," and he jumped at the proposition. Both Dickens and Hugo made good money, but when Eugene Sue drew $20,000 for his "Wandering Jew"-a novel of probably upward of 500,000 words-the literary world gasped. Dr. Johnson, it will be remembered, wrote his immortal "Rasselas" to pay the funeral expenses of his grandmother. Milton sold his "Paradise Lost" to a bookseller for $25. Poe's "Raven" brought him the grateful sum of $15. But to return to the author plus namethe man who has done something-the man who is in the public eye. And having returned, just imagine what the publishers of today would give for Columbus's own story of his voyage and discovery, or for George Washington's reminiscences of the crossing of the Delaware, or even for John Brown's own account of his raid. Ah, the now is the good old time-the time to live and work and enjoy prosperity-if you happen to be an author plus name. MAROON TALES, by Will J. Cuppy, is a group of eight good college stories about the University of Chicago. They are filled with humor and that buoyant, youthful energy so much a part of college life, and for once at least a writer has been able to write some entertaining campus stories without confining himself to the athletic squads. There are athletic stories, and also there are other stories which enter into the atmosphere of the various activities of a large university. The tales are done in a handsome volume, and they are pleasant reading for men and women in or out of college. Forbes & Company, Chicago; 337 pages; $1.25. THE TEACHING OF CITIZENSHIP, by Edwin H. Hughes, treats of a subject that is most timely. Until recently Dr. Hughes was president of De Pauw University, and so the entire volume bears the mark of scholarship without in any way losing that delightful interest, which for the want of a better word is termed "popular." It is divided into ten lessons, or chapters, starting with the need and the method, and proceeding with the lesson of instinct, breadth, cost, protection, benefit, democracy, liberty, character, and duty. Citizenship may well be taught in our schools, and Dr. Hughes has developed the subject for the use of teachers and public speakers, and also has made it of interest and value to anyone who takes up the book. W. A. Wilde Company, Boston; 255 pages; $1.25. GRADED SENTENCES FOR ANALYSIS, by Mary B. Rossman and Mary W. Mills, is for use in intermediate schools, and is designed to save the teacher of English grammar much time and energy in the preparation or collection of supplementary sentences. The compilers are teachers, and the material offered in this volume was originally prepared for use in their own classes. There are more than 1,200 sentences for analysis or diagram ming; they are divided into sections, and follow a definite, logical, grammatical sequence. The Dictation Spelling Book, Mary Institute, St. Louis; 77 pages; 30 cents. LYELL'S TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, edited by Dr. John F. Cushing, cover the years 18411842 when Professor Lyell visited this country. He observed as a scientist and so wrote as a scientist. His is a quaint, old-fashioned style, beautiful for its simplicity, and as life in the days of '41 was very much different from the life of today, the reader will find plenty to interest in this small, neat volume. It is suitable for supplementary reading in the advanced grammar grades and high school classes. Charles E. Merrill Co., New York; 172 pages; 30 cents. AMERICAN EDUCATION, by A. S. Draper, is a collection of papers and articles accumulated through the twenty-three years of his educational administration. The volume embraces some questions that are more pressing and burning now than they ever were before -such as the high school, training for efficiency and life, moral culture, athletics, etc. On many educational problems Dr. Draper offers some valuable suggestions. HoughtonMifflin Company, Boston; $2 net. STUDIES IN GALILEE, by Ernest W. Gurney Masterman, presents a lucid account of Galilee as a whole, its structure, frontiers, divisions, natural products, the resulting character of its people's life, and its place in history. The book is richly stored with facts, it is lucidly written, and furnishes fresh and notable contributions to our knowledge of so famous a region. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and New York; 170 pages; $1 net. A CERTAIN RICH MAN, by William Allen White, is one of the big successes of the season. In fact Mr. White is one of America's most successful present-day writers. His latest and best piece of fiction not only is delightful as a story, but offers an interesting group of characters, and underlying it all there are truths of deep moment. The Macmillan Company, New York; 434 pages; $1.50. THE TEACHING OF ARITHMETIC, by David Eugene Smith, professor of mathematics in Teachers College, Columbia University, is a reprint, with revisions and additions, from the Teachers' College Record of last January. It is written in a popular style and this, no doubt, has had something to do with its enthusiastic reception. The book is intended for those who are teaching or supervising the work in arithmetic in the elementary schools. It treats of the history of arithmetic, the reasons for teaching the subject, what it should include, arrangement of material, method, interest and effort, the work of the eight school years, etc. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York; 120 pages; cloth, $1.75; paper, 30 cents. CROWELL'S SHORTER FRENCH TEXTS Comprise thirteen small volumes. They are arranged in four groups, but each book is complete in itself. The first group is very easy, the second is easy, and the third represents intermediate texts. These three groups are provided with vocabularies of all words and expressions which might be unfamiliar. The fourth group is without vocabularies, and contains texts suitable for middle and upper forms. The series is for teachers and students in French, and the books take up the less familiar, and, to a large extent, hitherto unedited texts. All of them are as varied as possible with respect both to difficulty and to subject matter. The series is designed to carry the pupil from the beginning until he has mastered a fair conversational French. Each volume is pleasant reading, and the plays are suited for school-room and drawing-room presentation. Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, New York; average length, 64 pages. 25 cents net. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, by R. M. Johnston, assistant professor of history in Harcard University, offers a "short history" of the thrilling period and events indicated, A new, uniform, and revised edition of the writers' admirable biography of Napoleon simultaneously is issued, the earlier work forming the natural and well-planned complement of the more recent volume. As Mr. Johnston himself says: "The one book continues the other, but in a different key." Together the two studies, each fine in itself, comprises a valuable and condensed resume of a wide and weighty topic none the less fascinating for the perpetual and voluminous discussion already called forth. Henry Holt & Co., New York; each $1.25 net. HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, by Professor Horace A. Hollister of the University of Illinois, is a most excellent treatise on management, particularly for those entering the field of high school supervision. The author traces the history of the school, and then presents the legal status of high schools, the place of the secondary school in our system of education, the equipment, books and supplies, employment of teachers and organization, program of studies, coeducation, discipline, high school instruction, the business side, examinations, moral training, and in fact everything needed in the work for the proper conduct of the high school. It is well suited to the needs of advanced courses in college. D. C. Heath & Co., Boston, New York and Chicago; 379 pages; $1.50. THE JOURNAL OF A RECLUSE is a translation from the French, and is the intimate story of a human life. Neither the author's nor the translator's name is given. It is stated that the book is a literary "find." Be this as it may, from the first to the last page the lifestory of the recluse holds the reader with an almost fascinating interest. The style is delightfully simple, and for its diction alone is well worth the time of reading. The volume is really a collection of essays-from dawn to sunset of life, as it were-by a man who has lived largely, traveled widely, and suffered deeply. He talks of education, of religion, of marriage, of woman's place, of many things, and always his words are flavored with such wisdom, and beneath the surface one is made to feel the beat of a strong heart. There is the wind, the sunshine, and the odor of green fields-all so simple and so earnest. Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, New York; 346 pages $1.25 net. College Years, bv Ralph D. Paine, answers much of the question, "What school for my boy?" The volume is a collection of entertaining, readable and reasonably convincing tales about Yale. As might have been expected, they run largely to athletics; there is a hint of what the author himself describes, with the tongue of Mr. Hector Alonzo McGrath, as "these college athletic stories with Christy pictures." In so doing, however, the author pretty accurately reflects college life as it appeals to a considerable proportion of normal undergraduates—and graduates also; he must be given credit for including an appreciative picture of the kind of youth who must needs work his way through college under discouraging handicaps, and has the sand to do it without allowing the visible differences between his own condition and that of the luckier classmates to sear his disposition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. THE TECHNIQUE OF SPEECH, by Dora Duty Jones, is of value to public speakers, singers, and to those who desire to improve the quality of the voice in ordinary conversation. The basic principle in this work is pure pronunciation, and there are many diagrams and colored plates to illustrate her method. Harper & Brothers, New York; $1.25 net. FIFTY YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE, by Dr. George Washburn, has for its sub-title "Recollections of Robert College," and he tells the story of the founding and the growth of the important institution on the Bosphorus. The college was opened in September, 1863, with four students, and has prospered from the beginning, despite its hostile environment. It was obviously impossible, however, to write the history of the college without writing the history also of Turkey, and its relations to Europe and the Powers. There are here, therefore, very many observations of the highest interest to those who have followed the trend of affairs in the East, especially for the past two decades. Houghton, Mifflin Co., Bos ton. The thrilling and dramatic story of a criminal who, after conquering the prejudices of our modern society, was called upon to rule it. A novel for those who think; for all who carry the love of humanity in their hearts. Of this book the American Educational Review said last month: "One of the big stories of the year. The plot and characterization are intensely dramatic, and take hold of one's emotions with a mighty grip. But that is not all. The author had a purpose in telling his story, and with strong dramatic force he drives home the truths of that purpose. There is no dillydallying-the warm blood of life courses through the veins of the characters, and they preach the convictions that are burned deep into their souls. The ex-convict is another Jean Valjean, and the plea is strong for the under dog. The entire work carries a religious flavor, and there is always a finger pointing upward. It would be useless to attempt a synopsis of the story, for one of the chief charms lies in the occasional sidelight which seems to drift in from apparently nowhere, but which illumines as if by magic." The Baltimore American says: "The author has produced a work that will mark an epoch in virile character delineation and resourceful fertility of plot. Strong and blood-stirring in every chapter, it carries, by the force of its climax, the reader to the crest of the billows. It possesses interest for the man of sedate mind and the girl who has romantic fancies. It has a moral for the moralist and a touch of human artistry for the humanist. Victor Hugo stood alone, yet this author has entered into his heritage." Edwin Markham in the Chicago Examiner, says: "This novel possesses staple and enduring qualities. It is a story earnest and inspiring in principle, swift in action and interesting in detail. The purpose of the story is so strong, the characterization, whether moral or immoral, is so true, and the scenes of the constantly shifting life so natural, that the book immediately appeals to the attention and approval of the reader. It is stirring, appealing convincing, and so, as a novel with a lofty purpose, it engages and holds attention on its merits." "In character delineation and fertility of scheme the book is remarkable. There is no marking of time. Every chapter is interesting, and interest begins in the first one; an interest that will grip and hold the reader from start to finish."-Boston Globe. (Second review.) "It is the work of a master mind and its virile characterization, realistic scenes and complete understanding of the human emotions make it an absorbing piece of fiction. It represents literary artistry at its best."-Courier, Buffalo, N. Y. "This novel is not a single meal, but a whole meal ticket and will last the hungry, even the gluttonous reader a good, long time. For every scene the author has a literary style to match. He changes easily from the most impassioned prose to the slang of the street; from comedy to tragedy, from drama to melodrama. There is enough in this book to make a whole syndicate of stories, a whole repertoire of plays; and its moral is a good one."-New York Globe. Price $1.50, Prepaid HOCKING PUBLISHING COMPANY NORFOLK, VA. The College Bench is the lantern used by leading universities and preparatory schools all over the country. Because it is an honest lantern. It is the best, in every way, that we can make it -design-construction-material. It can be used for microscope, opaque, vertical and lantern slide projection interchangeably. We have a new opaque projector which is a fine instrument at a comparatively low price. Our McIntosh-Nernst Lamp requires no special wiring, and gives a steady, brilliant white light without attention. Our Dept. E. R. wishes to give you more information than we can in this space. Please write them. McIntosh Stereopticon Chicago Company 35 E. Randolph St. W. & A. K. JOHNSTON'S MAPS and GLOBES are noted the world over for their GEOGRAPHICAL ACCURACY. They are LITHOGRAPHED (not printed) in colors which are GUARANTEED AGAINST FADING. Larger and Better Maps than competitors furnish and at no greater cost. The LARGEST VARIETY of School Maps and Globes published. FIVE COMPLETE SERIES (150 different wall maps), also FIVE SIZES OF GLOBES IN ALL styles of mounting. The experience of Four Score Years of Perfection in map making is back of their publications. We are headquarters for School Maps and Globes of all kinds, the only house in this country devoted exclusively to the sale of geographical material. Write us concerning all your needs in this line. Send for fine 88 page catalogue A. J. NYSTROM & COMPANY Sole U.S. Agents CHICAGO |